New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-26
DECISIONS By THE COMMISSION.
NO SPECIAL RATES FOR DRUMMERs
THEY MUST BE TREATED LIKE OTHER rxorIx-rHr

THY MUST TREATED LINE OTHER fEOfbE-fhn
BURTON CAR CASE.
WARRINGTON, July 25.-The Interstate Commerce
Commission delivered opinion this afternoon In four
OF the cases recently brought before It. The on
titled Louis harrison against the Grand Trunk Railroad
COMPANY and the Michigan Central Railroad Company
against the Grand Trunk Railroad Company were Dy
consent OF parties heard together The charge was
unjust discrimination. Larriso3 complained thar tho
road would not sell him thousand-mile Ticket az inc
price paid by commercial travellers ana the Micnigah
Central company complained that the Grand Trunk
company was selling to commercial travellers at lower
rates than to the public generally The opinion reviews
and discusses at the various points set up by the
defendant and concludes as follows:
continue the issuance o. misaSs
unjust on or unreasonable
Persons gng class known as commercai trav
ssr. nC to n oysT rats
travellers made 10 pay Other trsv:srs may
Ss Tsas r. 1as 10 and his issued
are %s sss.a Of a GRAND
Trunk e ,- n. .a psoS al wcS said
gany was .eog such tickets 70 c sssnan wss
Ia soil tieke ankle in conflict with tho ACT "
regulate commerce."
The case OF the Louis Wholesale grocers against he
Missouri Pacific road embodied complaint that while
communication tickets are sold at rates which would
amount to not more than SIS for thousand miles the
mile tickets upon which commercial travee.s
travel are not sold Tor les, tnan sst dI,erimn aton
be made In favor OF commercial travellers; 10 snort
thousand mile tickets be sold TO nem az yen
does regard the fact that communication uchos az
put on sale at given rate to De one ,ha ~ unjust dis
elimination II charged q higher rate. rhe "oiroah I'm
stances and conditional the opinion says s
submitted going to show that ne cnarge VI -
ticket 70
oilers the opinion says: -
The would hardly he Wiling TO MAKE suen g2
order IN any urgent the circum-ances
seem 70 be- But msttsr We are agr.ea a
When mesS. Icsss A. trip ucEeis are
terma =,
Tbe case OF Ralph L. Thatcher. OF Schenectady, n ~
against the Ltchburg Railroad Company and Others en-
bodied complaint that while the defendants iormery
accepted grain for transportation from ah rates
from Chicago allowed TO the lines east oil Schenec.a{
when was practically cent, per Rshsr and
restoration Is asked. Tho complaint was dismissou
The opinion says
claimed WITH the statute unss. ne CONNER
found in The fact t' asr snesed Of the rates ssa At
distant points that any sepss CONTRARY 10 n "a. 10
aeSsp upon ,.tc: les. than
one alleged violation OF law by compelling another
The Commission also rendered decision In the burto
stockcar to the eject that there Is no appareh.
ground upon which the railroads can DO ordered
To pay mileage to the Burton company In re- re-
spect 10 the alleged uureasonabieness ot
tie charge to shippers OF stock py .no
Burton cars in excess OF that to shippers by ordinay
ears the Com mission SAYS IL not satisfactorily
presented The Commission Is strongly Impressed WIN
the belief the charge may be too Nigh pu. uoos
not Low record finding. IL comments It's sueeesnons
upon this point tho Western Ciassincation
OF railroads and retains he question Tor fuue 0'H
sideration. -, ,,.
the second case OF the St Louis grocers against he
Missouri Pacific Railroad company az
difference charged upon less than carload shipmen
COMPARED with full carloads Is too great mas nov yes
been decided all parties having asseutod 10 Pos.pono
mont TO give the NewYork people an opportunity 70 pa.
In Ike com plants against other railroad companea ro
complaints OF nature against the western IIunn
lines we're received from New York today, DuI AZ ey
had nor been verified required by the Commission 'hcJ
were returned.